out of the box

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out of the box

  1. (idiomatic) See outside the box.
  2. (idiomatic, of a product) Immediately, without intervention from the customer.
    This software has to work out of the box, without any fancy installation.

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  • 2002, Berger, despite his concentrated seriousness, is quite capable of breaking out of the box, seeing things in unexpected new ways — Peter Wollen in London Review of Books, Vol. 24 No. 7, dated 4 April 2002

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